starving
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine
the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender
Types & categories
- privation hypernym
Related & opposite
- famish derivation
Sense 2 adjective
suffering from lack of food
Related & opposite
- malnourished similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | famish |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | privation |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | malnourished |